A Pulsed Electron Accelerator Using Solid Dielectric Energy Storage

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Abstract:

A new accelerator, designated SPI-PULSE 7000, was designed to produce high-current 50 kA low-average-energy 10-30 keV pulses of electrons with beam diameters up to 15 em. The accelerator will be used to anneal ion implantation damage in silicon solar cell wafers in a single 100 ns pulse. The 2.6 kJ energy store of the accelerator consists of an array of cylindrical solid dielectric transmission lines which are d.c. charged to voltages up to 300 kV. As many as 19 of the 3 nF lines can be discharged in parallel by a single spark switch. The lines are cast from high dielectric-strength epoxy using techniques developed at Spire.

Author(s):
Little, R. G. ; Halverson, W. ; Kiesling, R. A. ; Simcox, G. K.
Author Organization(s):
SPIRE CORP BEDFORD MA
Supplementary Note:
See also ADM002371. 2013 IEEE Pulsed Power Conference, Digest of Technical Papers 1976-2013, and Abstracts of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science. Held in San Francisco, CA on 16-21 June 2013. U.S. Government or Federal Purpose Rights License. Sponsored in part by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.
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0005

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Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
DOE
 Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Advanced Electronics
Descriptor(s):
*DIELECTRICS, *ELECTRON ACCELERATORS, *ENERGY STORAGE, *PULSE GENERATORS, INSULATION, TRANSMISSION LINES
Field(s)/Group(s):
Electric Power Production and Distribution, Energy Storage, Electricity and Magnetism, Particle Accelerators
Keyword(s):
PULSED ELECTRON ACCELERATORS, SOLID DIELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE, SOLID DIELECTRIC INSULATED LINES
Report Date:
1981 Jun 01
Creation Date:
2016 Oct 05